From 1981 until 1998, Anne Heanue and the fine folks at the Washington Office of the American Library Association (ALA) published an amazing series called Less Access to Less Information by and about the U.S. Government, a chronology of efforts to restrict and privatize government information. For more background and links to all 3 editions, please see
"Less Access" now online. Thanks to Emily Sheketoff, Associate Executive Director of ALA and manager of the Washington Office who gave permission to have the volumes scanned and put online!